CGCC Outlines Planned Financial Ask For Skills Center/Campus Housing Project

The Dalles City Council on Monday heard about Columbia Gorge Community College’s planned ask for three-point-five million dollars in enterprise zone funds from the Google projects to help build a skills center and on-campus housing.  CGCC Community Outreach Director Dan Spatz outlined the project, which has seven-point-three million dollars in state funding provided a local match can be provided by January, noting the need for flexible space to train workers in various trades that the skills center would provide, while building campus housing has qualified for part of the project match.  The College board has approved taking on three-point-eight million dollars in debt for part of the match, and wants the City and Wasco County to approve use of the enterprise zone funds.  The Dalles Mayor Steve Lawrence says when payments on the third Google agreement begin coming in, they will be at least one-point two million dollars annually for 15 years, and felt the best way to accomplish the project is for the College to sell bonds and have the enterprise zone funds pay them off over that time.  CGCC will have a similar discussion with the Wasco County Commission on September 19, and Spatz noted they have not given up on seeking other forms of funding.

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